ccastiglia
join:2002-09-30
Waterbury, CT
| AT&T Pulling out the Big (small?) guns
I received the following via email last night:
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Dear Valued Customer,
The people of Connecticut, for the first time, have real choices for their cable or video service.
AT&T is proud to be part of this new day of competition by delivering options and cutting-edge technology to families – like you – across the state. You, who have exercised the power to choose, are tapping into the real benefits healthy competition delivers and restores control to the consumer.
But now your choice and control is in jeopardy because the Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) issued a ruling affecting AT&T's ability to continue providing our U-Verse service in Connecticut. The DPUC ruling says, in effect, that AT&T is not entitled to be a new video competitor under a new law designed to bring much needed video competition to the state. If this decision stands, the DPUC will have taken away from consumers the best alternative to cable TV.
You and the people of Connecticut wanted choices in television service. The General Assembly and Governor Rell delivered a new law that would pave the way for competition to flourish, technology to evolve, and choices to expand even further. But the cable monopoly and the DPUC is saying no to competition, consumer choice and progress.
Consumers like you have the ability to maintain your power to choose by asking Governor Rell and the Connecticut General Assembly for help. If it's important to you for video competitors to continue to deliver top-notch service and an array of choices, go to www.competition4ct.com and take action. Tell Governor Rell and the General Assembly that you need their help to protect video competition that she and the General Assembly wisely embraced and encouraged.
Connecticut has the chance to be a place of booming choice and competition and AT&T looks forward to being part of this exciting landscape for years to come. Continue to take control of your video choice by acting today – go to www.competition4ct.com today.
Sincerely,
Rex Adams Ramona Carlow
President & CEO President
East Connecticut
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